Chloe Ayling 'willing to have sex with kidnapper to stay alive'

The model who was kidnapped and held for half a million dollars in ransom says she was prepared to have sex with her captors if it meant staying alive.

In her first interview since her kidnapper was jailed, British model Chloe Ayling has opened up about the ordeal that has forced her to put life on hold.

Polish man Lukasz Herba was earlier this month sentenced in Italy over the kidnapping of Ayling, 21, who travelled to Milan in July last year after being booked for a modelling shoot.

Chloe Ayling has revealed more details about her abduction in Milan last year. Picture: Instagram (Instagram)Lukasz Herba will spend the next 16 years behind bars after being convicted of abducting English model Chloe Ayling in July last year. Picture: AP (aap)

But when she arrived she was assaulted, drugged, handcuffed, placed in a bag and taken to a secret location in a remote village.

The single mother remained at the mercy of her captives for six days, until he had a change of heart and handed her over to the British embassy.

The model was met with scepticism when she told her story to police in Italy. Some believed that Herba, aged 30, had conspired with Ayling to fake the kidnapping to get a ransom and raise her public profile.

But the South London woman said Herba's sentencing was vindication after she suffered "six days of hell," The Sun reported.

Ayling says she would have had sex with her captors if it meant surviving the ordeal. Picture: Instagram (Instagram)The British model says the kidnapping has forced her life on hold. Picture: Instagram (Instagram)